Slide adapter

ABSTRACT

A SLIDE ADAPTER FOR INTERCHANGEABLY RECEIVING RELATIVELY SMALL TRANSPARENCY MOUNTS AND ADAPTING THEM FOR USE IN A SLIDE PROJECTOR DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE LARGER TRANSPARENCY MOUNTS. THIS ADAPTER COMPRISES A WINDOWED FRAME MEMBER HAVING OVERALL DIMENSIONS COMPARABLE TO THE LARGER TRANSPARENCY MOUNTS AND HAVING A RECESS IN ONE FACE THEREOF INTO WHICH THE SMALLER TRANSPARENCY MOUNT CAN BE INSERTED FLATWISE. THE SMALLER TRANSPARENCY MOUNT IS HELD IN THIS RECESS BY A PLURALITY OF FLEXIBLE FINGERS THE FREE ENDS OF WHICH OVERHANG THE OUTER FACE OF   THE RELATIVELY SMALL TRANSPARENCY MOUNT WHEN IT IS PROPERLY SEATED IN THE RECESS OF THE ADAPTER.

DEFENSIVE PUBLICATION UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Published at the request of the applicant or owner in accordance with the Notice of Dec. 16, 1969, 869 0.G. 687. The abstracts of Defensive Publication applications are identified by distinctly numbered series and are arranged chronologically. The heading of each abstract indicates the number of pages of specification, including claims and sheets of drawings contained in the application as originally filed. The files of these applications are available to the public for inspection and reproduction may be purchased for 30 cents a sheet.

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PUBLISHED APRIL 16, 1974:

T921,013 SLIDE ADAPTER Archie J. Tucker, 1669 Lake Ave., Rochester, N.Y. 14650 Filed Jan. 31, 1972, Ser. No. 221,948 Int. Cl. G03b 21/00; G09f 1/10 US. Cl. 353120 1 Sheet Drawing. 8 Pages Specification A slide adapter for interchangeably receiving relatively small transparency mounts and adapting them for use in a slide projector designed to accommodate larger transparency mounts. This adapter comprises a windowed frame member having overall dimensions comparable to the larger transparency mounts and having a recess in one face thereof into which the smaller transparency mount can be inserted flatwise. The smaller transparency mount is held in this recess by a plurality of flexible fingers the free ends of which overhang the outer face of the relatively small transparency mount when it is properly seated in the recess of the adapter.

April A. J'TUCKER. SLIDE ADAPTER Filed Jan. 51, 1972 

